You might as well answer the door, my child,
the truth is furiously knocking.


Lucille Clifton

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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall in love with a gorgeous redhead
LUCILLE BALL
Saturation patrols allow officers to patrol a wide area where we know there are large numbers of res...
LUCILLE BAUR
While rain might have contributed to [the limb] falling, it was not the sole cause. It's not as thou...
LUCILLE BAUR
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy an...
LUCILLE BALL
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.
LUCILLE BALL
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
LUCILLE BALL
I'm not funny. What I am is brave.
LUCILLE BALL
What is chemistry in a relationship, Really? Chemistry can be spontaneous combustion that excites, i...
LUCILLE ANDERSON
I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productio...
LUCILLE BALL
Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like...
LUCILLE BALL
Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people...
LUCILLE BALL
He cut hair at the jail for nothing and he cut hair at the orphan's home (Guardian Angel Home in Cre...
LUCILLE MANCKE
Come see me anytime but make sure to give me advance notice so I can leave town.
LUCILLE BELLUCCI
Child Protective Services was comfortable with releasing the child back to the mom. We all believe t...
LUCILLE BAUR
I don't know exactly when he got the memory flash, but he was in D.C. when it was the horrible defin...
LUCILLE BAUR
Dad forgot baby was in the car, parked the car, got on the Metro.
LUCILLE BAUR
We're still investigating to see what's the most appropriate action.
LUCILLE BAUR
Montgomery police are conducting a careful and thorough investigation to determine how this gun disc...
LUCILLE BAUR
We've been involved in a wide variety of investigations, but nothing that has reached this scope. Th...
LUCILLE BAUR
We believe the death was from natural causes.
LUCILLE BAUR
These two situations are anomalies. High school football games have been going on for years, and we ...
LUCILLE BAUR
Henry always had my back.
LUCILLE ROBINSON
I still can see it. At night, sometimes, I remember. Something like that you don't forget.
LUCILLE ROBINSON
I was a den mother for the Cub Scouts in the church.
LUCILLE ROBINSON
I see the working of the Lord in my life. We have so much compared to other people. Some people say ...
LUCILLE REYNOLDS
I guess the biggest thing is that I'm lucky that I'm in pretty good health.
LUCILLE REYNOLDS
I'm grateful that our daughter talked to us about this. You never think that something like this is ...
LUCILLE REYNOLDS
We thought about doing a little bit of traveling. In fact, we bought the car with using it for trave...
LUCILLE REYNOLDS
The nurses brought each of us a piece of cake.
LUCILLE MANCKE
I liked everything about him. He had a good attitude toward everyone.
LUCILLE MANCKE
A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor
LUCILLE KALLEN
There isn't closure for the families. You just have to deal with it. I don't think there ever will b...
LUCILLE GALL
Can't we just get this over with? This is a sick little game he's playing.
LUCILLE GALL
I don't think that any [relatives] saw her after she left the hospital.
LUCILLE CZECHANSKI
She was their little mother.
LUCILLE VENTRELLI
She used to sing and dance all over the house. She loved music.
LUCILLE VENTRELLI
She was a doll, just a little doll. I don't even remember her really ever crying.
LUCILLE VENTRELLI
At an early age, you started hearing it: It's a virtue to be "well-rounded."... They might as well h...
DONALD O. CLIFTON
I am proud of the enthusiasm and efforts of everyone across Journal Register Company who contributed...
JEAN B. CLIFTON
We are confident that Fred will do an excellent job as General Manager of The Phoenix and under his ...
JEAN B. CLIFTON
The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
LUCILLE S. HARPER
The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
LUCILLE S. HARPER